# BM
## Translingual
### Symbol

BM
* (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Bermuda.
    Synonym: BMU (alpha-3)

## English
### Noun

BM (countable and uncountable, plural BMs)
* (military, astronautics) Initialism of ballistic missile.
* (US, slang) Initialism of baby mama.
** 2019 January 28, “Fetty Wap's Baby Mama Arrested After Fight for Telling Cop ... 'Suck My F***ing D***!!!'”, in TMZ‎:We broke the story ... the melee was caught on video, and appears to show a group of people attacking Fetty [Wap]'s BM and her friends.
* (video games) Initialism of bad manners.
** 2014, Doug Hendrie, AmalgaNations: How Globalisation Is Good:Fans know IdrA for his BM — Bad Manners.
* (uncountable, broadcasting) Initialism of beautiful music.
** 1983, Television/Radio Age, volume 30, page 72:Life support for BM formats Robert M. Lowery acknowledges that beautiful music formats are in the decline […]
** 1988, Donald F. Harvey, Strategic management and business policy, page 300:Practically every dentist or doctor's office carries a BM station.
* (in personal ads) Initialism of black male.
    Coordinate terms: BF, WM
* Initialism of black metal.
** 2000, NivendE, “black doom hybrids”, in alt.music.black-metal (Usenet):They used to play Burzumesque BM, but moved on to a Doomy sound.
* Initialism of body modification.
* (Canada, US, euphemistic) Initialism of bowel movement.
** 1911, Journal of the National Medical Association:Frequent involuntary urination. Frequent desire for B.M. but no result.
** 2017, Sheila A. Sorrentino, Leighann N. Remmert, Mosby’s Textbook for Nursing Assistants, 9th edition, St. Louis, Missouri: Elsevier, →ISBN, page 424:Mr. Jansen stated that he had a medium-sized, soft, formed, brown BM after breakfast today.
* Abbreviation of Bachelor of Medicine.
* (US) Abbreviation of Bachelor of Music.
* (UK, medicine) Initialism of Boehringer-Mannheim, a test of blood glucose level using a glucosimeter.

### Proper noun

BM
* (Malaysia) Initialism of bahasa Melayu and bahasa Malaysia.
** 2017 July 3, “‘Medical grads with O Level need only take SPM BM’”, in The Star‎, →OCLC, archived from the original on 5 July 2017:Bahasa Melayu is the national language and the official language of the Federation, said Dr Noor Hisham. Therefore, one of the entry requirements […] is a pass in BM subject at SPM level or equivalent.
** 2018 July 14, Ibrahim Isa, quoting Maszlee Malik, “Education Ministry proposes weekly BM and English days”, in The New Straits Times‎, →OCLC, archived from the original on 3 January 2019: […] on “National Language Day”, Bahasa Malaysia will be used […] Thursday will be made the day to use BM while Monday or Tuesday for English.
** 2018 December 3, Natasha Joibi, quoting Kadir Jasin, “Kadir Jasin: Language proficiency important, Malay children's command of BM weak”, in The Star‎, →OCLC, archived from the original on 6 December 2018:The assumption that Malay children are already proficient in Bahasa Melayu (BM) upon entering Year One is incorrect […] But while their command of English is strong, their BM is weak.
* Abbreviation of British Museum.

### Verb

BM (third-person singular simple present BMs, present participle BMing, simple past and past participle BMed)
* (euphemistic) To have a bowel movement.
* (video games) To have bad manners.

### References

* “BM, n.” under “B, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.

### Anagrams

* mb, MB, M.B., Mb

## French
### Etymology

Clipping of BMW.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /be.ɛm/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

BM f (plural BM)
* Short for BMW (automobile)

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bi ɛm/
* Rhymes: -ɛm

### Proper noun

BM
* Initialism of bahasa Melayu and bahasa Malaysia.
    kelas BM ― Malay/Malaysian class
    buku BM ― Malay/Malaysian book

### Further reading

* “BM” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Spanish
### Proper noun

BM m
* Initialism of Banco Mundial (“World Bank”).

## Turkish
### Proper noun

BM
* Initialism of Birleşmiş Milletler. UN (United Nations)